Here Come the Ducks...
I've been traveling a lot since I started my new job, and haven't been able to spend much QT with my NYC peeps.
If you are dying to see me, which I know you all are, you should join me at Bar None this Sat at 3:30pm to watch the Ducks dominate the Bruins (and gain a smidge of respect in the process).
Bar None is located at 3rd Ave/13th St and has happy hour from Noon-11 pm - EVERDAY! $2 Buds, $3 well drinks, and $3 assorted drafts. AND, they have a pool table.
Hope to see you there!
Welcome to Atlanta, Where the Players Play
I'm in ATL, sitting in my hotel room on the 36th floor, looking out of my floor-to-ceiling windows at a view of the capital and A LOT of parking garages. Oh, there's also a crane in my view, which the bellman told me, I "shouldn't be afraid of." I'm glad he warned me, cuz I'm usually terrified of cranes... what?
Atlanta is an interesting city. It feels like it could have been a really cool place in 1986. In all fairness though, I am Downtown, near the Georgia World Congress Center and it's all hotels and restaurants for us tradeshow freaks.
So far I've had a good time. I went to a concert on Thursday night. I saw
The Chris McCarty Band from Gainesville, FL at the Velvet Underground. Today I opened the show with the team, then peaced-out around 12pm and went to the Georgia Aquarium, had a picnic in Centennial Olympic Park and then walked around Downtown for a couple hours. In about 10 minutes I'm going to go shopping and then to dinner with the client. But at 8pm tonight it's all about the Ducks!
For those of you who don't know, my work-travel schedule is like this...
I always arrive a day earlier than the rest of the crew (crew = Amex rep and sales team). I make sure all the collateral arrives; I supervise the booth labor and then hang out until the rest of the crew show up the next night. After I open the show, I hang out until the last day, then I make sure the booth has been broken down and shipped to our next show, and then I fly back to NYC.
Supervising labor is always the most ridiculous part. It usually consists of several Union guys chatting my ear off, trying to figure out a why a girl from Oregon is telling them what to do and when I'm not flattered by their "charm" they end-up making some bold statement like, "You don't trust anyone do you?" And it always blows their mind that I was born in Oregon, and now live in NYC... they honestly can't wrap their heads around that.
There have been a couple things here that I can't quite wrap my head around. One being the image below that I keep seeing at the Convention... Apparently it is the symbol for "Elevator"... not "Three-some"... who knew?!
The other was a taxi I saw last night. It was a two-toned Ford escape... it was white and teal - You all know how I feel about teal, anyway, it had 20" spinners on it... um, what?
Ok, I have 10 minutes til go-time... OH, I saw a Beluga whale today and have had Raffi's "Baby Beluga in the deep blue sea" in my head ever since. Pretty solid tune to sing walkin down the street when you're almost 27.
Long Time No Annie
Yes, it's true, I've been Blogger-Free for about....wow, 3 months (Yikes!). In my defense, I had a pretty busy Summer... I travelled (FL, NJ, DC, VA RI), quit my job of 3 years, started an awesome job with a great company, and tried to enjoy all the great things that East Coast and NYC has to offer.
But who cares about Summer!? It's Fall, and it's beautiful in NYC! The temp has finally dropped to a comfortable 70 degrees and the rain hasn't quite set-in yet, but more importantly the concert line-up is INCREDIBLE!
So far, I have tickets to the following shows...
10/23 - The Kooks at N.6th
10/30 - Hellogoodbye at Irving Plaza
11/11 - Heavens at Mercury Lounge
11/18 - OK GO at Irving Plaza with The Kicks
11/21 - Rise Against and Thursday at Hammerstein Ballroom
Unfortunately, I might miss the only show I'm DYING to see, Heavens, because of work. Speaking of work, I'll be heading to Atlanta next week, and then New Orleans at the end of the month. In Nov we have a show the week of Thanksgiving in NYC, so I won't be able to make it home, but I will be home for Xmas, 12/20-12/28.
On Saturday, I watched the Ducks dominate the Sun Devils. The viewing took place at Blondie's, the new Oregon bar (right across from the Lucerne on the UWS). There were approx 70 Duck fans, and of that 70 was a handful of Lincoln kids, all from Jeff's grade. Pretty sweet.
Much love to West Coast. Can't wait to see you!
